honorable mention
Francesco Gola italy
title
Beyond my eyes
When I started to work for my company I understood that the time to really enjoy my life was tailing off very fast. I had to escape. But how can you escape when you are trapped in the frenzy of modern life?
So I picked up my camera and I sought refuge in the Nature where I found peace for my Soul wandering in the silence. I found that while I was deep in Nature, I was able to think to nothing: job, love, life, troubles, everything disappear. It is like living in a parallel universe, and in this universe I learned to see the world with different eyes: the eyes of mind.
“Beyond my eyes” is a project about what the eyes of mind can see. Working with long exposures I realized that you don’t freeze just a moment, but an entire period of time. You can transform your picture in a hourglass. It’s the concrete representation of the parallel universe I mentioned before.
“Beyond my eyes” is a universe where the main characters are Time and Silence that take shape trough what the mind is able to see.
I’m lost in this endless space..and I don’t want to come back.
I started taking pictures few years ago and I immediately fell in love with the endless borders of the inner frame.
Photography is a source of inspiration that allows me to reveal the relationship between the outside world of Nature and the inside world of dreams, thoughts, emotions, desires and wishes.
It allows me to express self mental and emotional stimulation mixed with idea and vision and shape it into an art form
I'm lost in this endless space..and I don't want to come back.
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entry description
Time. Since you are young, your parents try to teach you that Time is the most precious resource that life gives to you. Unfortunately, as frequently happens in life, you have to find out for yourself to understand that.When I started to work for my company I understood that the time to really enjoy my life was tailing off very fast. I had to escape. But how can you escape when you are trapped in the frenzy of modern life?
So I picked up my camera and I sought refuge in the Nature where I found peace for my Soul wandering in the silence. I found that while I was deep in Nature, I was able to think to nothing: job, love, life, troubles, everything disappear. It is like living in a parallel universe, and in this universe I learned to see the world with different eyes: the eyes of mind.
“Beyond my eyes” is a project about what the eyes of mind can see. Working with long exposures I realized that you don’t freeze just a moment, but an entire period of time. You can transform your picture in a hourglass. It’s the concrete representation of the parallel universe I mentioned before.
“Beyond my eyes” is a universe where the main characters are Time and Silence that take shape trough what the mind is able to see.
I’m lost in this endless space..and I don’t want to come back.
about the photographer
Born in Italy, Pavia in 1981I started taking pictures few years ago and I immediately fell in love with the endless borders of the inner frame.
Photography is a source of inspiration that allows me to reveal the relationship between the outside world of Nature and the inside world of dreams, thoughts, emotions, desires and wishes.
It allows me to express self mental and emotional stimulation mixed with idea and vision and shape it into an art form
I'm lost in this endless space..and I don't want to come back.
back to gallery